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WRITER

Zeki Müren

1931 - 1996

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Zeki Müren (Turkish pronunciation: [zeˈci ˈmyɾæn]; 6 December 1931 – 24 September 1996) was a Turkish singer, composer, songwriter, actor and poet. Known by the nicknames "The Sun of Art" and "Pasha", he was one of the prominent figures of Turkish classical music. Due to his contributions to the art industry, he was named a "State Artist" in 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zeki Müren has received more than 325,828 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Zeki Müren is the 1,608th most popular writer (up from 1,865th in 2019), the 548th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 584th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Turkish Writer.

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  • 330k

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  • 56.91

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Zeki Müren ranks 1,608 out of 5,755Before him are Yevgenia Ginzburg, Jean Bolland, Ken Wilber, Eugene Nida, René Char, and Abu Tammam. After him are Miklós Zrínyi, Dubravka Ugrešić, Peter Benchley, Hincmar, Ahmad ibn Mājid, and Chikamatsu Monzaemon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Zeki Müren ranks 109Before him are Haya Harareet, Gunnel Lindblom, Sri Chinmoy, Luís Cabral, Colin Wilson, and Josep Lluís Núñez. After him are Ferenc Mádl, Augusto Boal, John Charles, Ken Takakura, Ivan Klíma, and Masaaki Hatsumi. Among people deceased in 1996, Zeki Müren ranks 77Before him are Obdulio Varela, Mary Leakey, Bob Paisley, Greer Garson, Spiro Agnew, and Hans Blumenberg. After him are Saul Bass, Pavel Sudoplatov, Jack Churchill, Ben Johnson, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, and Max Manus.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Zeki Müren ranks 548 out of 1,301Before him are Kemal Sunal (1944), Şehzade Korkut (1467), Hakan Şükür (1971), Tervel of Bulgaria (675), Proclus of Constantinople (310), and Saint Mercurius (224). After him are Irene Palaiologina of Trebizond (1315), Bohemond VI of Antioch (1237), Barış Manço (1943), Alexandros Mavrokordatos (1791), Halide Edib Adıvar (1884), and Xenophon of Ephesus (101).

Among WRITERS In Turkey

Among writers born in Turkey, Zeki Müren ranks 43Before him are Mehmet Akif Ersoy (1873), Yeghishe Charents (1897), Petros Markaris (1937), Symeon the New Theologian (949), Yaşar Kemal (1923), and Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti (1929). After him are Xenophon of Ephesus (101), Nicander (-250), Hipponax (-600), Alexander Polyhistor (-100), Adamantios Korais (1748), and Namık Kemal (1840).